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Synonyms for cry-baby
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : krahy-bey-bee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi |
Top 10 synonyms for cry-baby Other synonyms for the word cry-baby
Définition of cry-baby
Origin :- 1851, American English, from cry + baby (n.).
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
- As in pantywaist : noun sissy
- But I isn't got all my wits,' says he, the cry-baby; 'an' God knows I'm doin' my best!'
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- But si Tona could only bawl and bawl like a cry-baby, till her son got really angry.
- Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- Danny Meadow Mouse was a cry-baby and no one wanted to play with him.
- Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Here is a young fellow who as a boy was always a cry-baby and mamma's darling.
- Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
- He calls him a cry-baby, and slaps his mouth for him, to stop his noise.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood
- This did not prove him a cry-baby; it was allowable, like crying when you stumped your toe.
- Extract from : « A Boy's Town » by W. D. Howells
- Number three differed from both of his elders; he was a cry-baby.
- Extract from : « In Nesting Time » by Olive Thorne Miller
- I wouldn't have come if I thought you were a couple of cry-baby cowardy-calves.
- Extract from : « Swatty » by Ellis Parker Butler
- She is very nice when she is not a cry-baby, and when she doesn't stick pins into you.
- Extract from : « Wild Heather » by L. T. Meade
- "It won't do for you to be a King and a cry-baby at the same time," she said.
- Extract from : « The Emerald City of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
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